These squares provide a different way to use your home-canned pie fillings. They’re less fuss than rolling out pie crusts, and fewer calories as well.

A version here has an oatmeal layer for topping instead of meringue: Pie filling squares with oatmeal.

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1 The recipe
2 Pie filling squares with meringue
3 Alternative base
4 Notes
5 Nutrition

The recipe

Oven temperature: 175 C / 350 F

Yield: 9 squares

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Pie filling squares with meringue

Easy to make pie squares that can be made very Weight-Watcher® friendly!

Yield 9 squares

Ingredients

300 g oatmeal pancake mix (2 cups / 10 oz by weight, or see sub below)
2 tablespoons brown sugar (or white sugar, or Splenda®)
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon (or ground nutmeg. Optional)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons butter (softened. Or marg, or light marg)
1 half-litre sour cherry pie filling (1 pint. Any flavour is fine!)
4 egg whites (½ cup / 125 ml)
¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons white sugar (or Splenda®)

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Start oven heating to 175 C / 350 F.
Mix everything from the oatmeal dry mix down to the butter to form a crumble.
Pack into a greased 20 cm / 8" square pan.
Spread pie filling out on top.
Bake 30 mins at 175 C / 350 F.
Meanwhile, beat egg whites till they form a stiff peak, then add cream of tartar, vanilla, and sugar, and beat for 1 minute more to make a meringue.
When the 30 minutes is up, remove squares from oven and spread the meringue on top the pie mixture.
Bake at 175 C / 350 F for about 7 more minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
Let cool before slicing into squares.

Recipe Notes

Store in fridge, covered with plastic film or tin foil (without a covering, the meringue will dry out after a day or two.)

Alternative base

Instead of pancake mix for base, you can make a base from the following:

1 cup rolled oats
½ cup flour (white or whole-wheat)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 tablespoons soft butter or marg

Notes

Use any type of home-canned pie filling you wish.

Nutrition

Varies based on pie filling you are using.